Overview
- Israel identified Sardar Amar as a senior Quds Force figure heading Unit 11,000, accused of running a proxy network that recruited foreigners and criminal intermediaries to deliver “terror without Iranian fingerprints.”
- Mossad links the network to thwarted 2024–2025 operations including arson attacks on a Bondi kosher cafe and Melbourne’s Adass Israel Synagogue, as well as plots investigated in Greece and Germany.
- Arrests and prosecutions followed the alleged activity, with about a dozen people charged over the Sydney firebombing, three charged in the Melbourne case, and a Danish suspect detained after surveillance of Jewish sites in Berlin.
- Israel says joint work with foreign partners disrupted dozens of attack channels and enabled legal action, while Australia expelled Iran’s ambassador and is moving to designate the IRGC; Germany summoned Iran’s envoy for a reprimand.
- Iran rejects the accusations as unfounded, and Mossad has publicly released only limited material on Amar’s identity, including a name, role, a grainy photo and an organizational graphic.